Broadcast Radio (Windows)

You can be streaming in less than 10 minutes by following the guide below!​To begin broadcasting your internet radio on SwiftChat, you will first need to set up an account on a radio streaming server. After you have set up your streaming server, you will need to download a broadcasting application. Once you have your streaming server and broadcasting application set up, you can obtain your radio link and add it as a radio station in your chat room. From there you can start interacting with your radio listeners!​

Step 1. Set up a streaming server.Here are popular streaming server options.

Step 2. Download a broadcasting applicationHere are popular broadcasting applications.

​Rocket Broadcaster is brand new and we highly recommend it on Windows computers, due to its simplicity, and microphone and computer audio support. You can configure and start broadcasting in less ​than a minute with Rocket. ​

Broadcasting Using This Tool (BUTT) is an easy​to use audio streaming tool, and runs on Linux,Mac OS X and Windows.By default it onlysupports microphone audio, but it can beconfigured for capturing computer audio withinstructions provided, for Mac. For Windows computers we recommend using Rocket Broadcaster.

If you're a serious broadcaster, thenSAM Broadcaster may be the bestoption for you on Windows​computers. ​The next generationcloud software that is always online,even when you are not.

Adding a radio stream link to SwiftChat

Once you have your server link from Step 1 and it's successfully broadcasting with Step 2, you can add it to SwiftChat by going to the radio list page, and pressing the "+" button.

On New Custom Radio you can enter the link for your server.

Are you hearing echoes in your broadcasts?

If your broadcasting application is streaming audio from your microphone, and your device is nearby playing the audio from yourbroadcast, such as through SwiftChat, make sure it is not being recaptured by the broadcasting application. For some broadcasting applications, such as Rocket Broadcaster, you can reconfigure your broadcast to record from sources other thanthe microphone.

Broadcast Radio (Windows)

You can be streaming in less than 10 minutes by following the guide below!To begin broadcasting your internet radio on SwiftChat, you will first need to set up an account on a radio streaming server. After you have set up your streaming server, you will need to download a broadcasting application. Once you have your streaming server and broadcasting application set up, you can obtain your radio link and add it as a radio station in your SwiftChat chat room. From there you can start interacting with your radio listeners!​

Step 1. Set up a streaming server.Here are popular streaming server options.

Step 2. Download a broadcasting applicationHere are popular broadcasting applications.

​Rocket Broadcaster is brand new and we highly recommend it on Windows computers, due to its simplicity, and microphone and computer audio support. You can configure and start broadcasting in less ​than a minute with Rocket. ​

Broadcasting Using This Tool (BUTT) is an easy to use audio streaming tool, and runs on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.By default it only supports microphone audio, but it can be configured for capturing computer audio with instructions provided, for Mac. For Windows computers we recommend using Rocket Broadcaster.

If you're a serious broadcaster, then SAM Broadcaster may be the best option for you on Windows computers. ​The next generation cloud software that is always online, even when you are not.

Adding a radio stream link to SwiftChat​

Once you have your server link from Step 1 and it's successfully broadcasting with Step 2, you can add it to SwiftChat by going to the radio list page, and pressing the "+" button.

On New Custom Radio you can enter the link for your server.

Are you hearing echoes in your broadcasts?

If your broadcasting application is streaming audio from your microphone, and your device is nearby playing the audio from your broadcast, such as through SwiftChat, make sure it is not being recaptured by the broadcasting application.

For some broadcasting applications, such as Rocket Broadcaster, you can reconfigure your broadcast to record from sources other than the microphone.